Nature VS Nurture debate

• Nature VS Nurture debate-

  The argument relating to the relative importance of nature or nurture’s influence on behaviours
• Nature VS Nurture debate-

  Nature-

  • born with behaviours - ‘inate’
  • hereditary, genes, DNA
  • nativist- agrees with the argument
  • e.g- biological explanation for OCD- genetics
• Nature VS Nurture debate-

  Nurture-

  • born as a blank slate - ‘tablua rasa’ Locke
  • emprinist- agrees with the argument
  • environment, observations, conditioning
  • e.g- social learning theory of Bandura’s Doll
• Nature VS Nurture debate-

  Heritability coefficient-

  • used to asses the nature vs nurture debate
  • range of 0-1, to shows the extent of which characteristics have a genetic basis
  • 1=100% genetically determined
• Nature VS Nurture debate-

  Interactionist approach-

  • development of the nature vs nurture debate
  • focuses on explaining behaviours due to their interactions between nature and nurture
  • holistic since it looks at both theories together
• Nature VS Nurture debate-

  examples-

  • 0.99- twin studies- biological, but no 100% statistics
  • 0.5- niche-picking- genes impact the selection of environments
  • 0.5- diathesis-stress model- DNA has the potential, but its triggered by events
  • 0- behaviourists- blank slate, all learnt
• Nature VS Nurture debate-

  Strengths-

  • adoption studies- becoming more similar to birth parents- nature, similar to adoptive parents- nurture
  • banduras bodo doll- observations (nurture), gender specific (boys to men- testosterone=aggression)
  • application to treatments- drug therapy (nature), talking therapy (nurture), able to understand and help the causations
• Nature VS Nurture debate

  weaknesses-

  • interactionsit approach- Niche-picking shows that they need to be studied together
  • interactionist approach- epigentics shows the nurture of previous generations
  • deterministic- nature is biological, nurture is environmental- negative social impact
  • reductionist- not looking at the whole approach